Roofing Company in Methuen, MA

Senco Home Services is a licensed roofing company that works in Methuen, MA, and full asphalt shingle roof replacement is most of what we do there. Methuen's houses span more than a century, so on any Methuen roof we start by finding out what we're working with: how many layers are up there, what shape the decking is in, and how the attic breathes. For our full process and materials, see the main roofing page.

Roof Replacement for Methuen's Older Homes

Methuen is older than it looks from I-93. Census figures put the median Methuen home's build year at 1968, and about one in four was built before 1940. A house that age has usually been re-roofed more than once, sometimes with a new layer laid over an old one. When we replace a Methuen roof, we tear off down to the decking, replace boards that have gone soft, then put down new underlayment, ice barrier, flashing, and CertainTeed shingles. Get a free roof quote for a number on your home, or if the trouble looks limited to one spot, start with roof repair in Methuen.

3-Tab, Architectural & Luxury Shingles

The shingle you pick changes how the house looks from the street and how long the roof lasts. We'll talk through what fits your house and your budget.

Roofs in the Searles Tenney Nevins Historic District

Part of central Methuen sits in the Searles Tenney Nevins Historic District, the City's local historic district. There, exterior work you can see from a street needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic District Commission, and the Commission's guidelines ask owners to keep a roof's original shape, pitch, and details and to replace original roofing materials in kind. If your house is in or near the district, we check before we quote, so the roof we price is one the Commission can approve.

Flat & Metal Sections

Most Methuen houses get an asphalt shingle roof, but a flat or low-slope section over a porch, an addition, or a garage needs a different system. For flat, metal, and commercial roofs, see our commercial roofing page.

Free Roof Inspections in Methuen

Before we quote a Methuen roof, we get up on it and check the shingles, the flashing, the decking where we can see it, and the attic ventilation. The inspection is free, whether you end up needing a new roof, a repair, or nothing yet.

Local Roofers, Not a Call Center

Methuen's Roofers, 15 Minutes Up I-93

Senco is based at 1150 Main St in Tewksbury, about 12 miles from Methuen by I-93. We've already replaced roofs on Methuen homes.

We roof in every part of Methuen, and the houses change a lot from one section to the next. The City's master plan describes dense two- and three-story multi-family homes in the Arlington Neighborhood, mostly single-family homes on small lots around the Center, modest homes in the East End, and mostly newer development in the West End. A roof on a three-story two-family in the Arlington Neighborhood is a different job from a newer house out by Forest Lake, and we price each roof on its own.

Re-roofing in Methuen needs a building permit from the City of Methuen's Inspections Division, in the Searles Building at 41 Pleasant Street, Suite 203 (978-983-8625), and you can apply online. The City's fee schedule charges $13 per $1,000 of stated construction value for alterations, with a $50 minimum. Work started without a permit costs three times the fee. We pull the permit on every Methuen roof we replace.

Methuen sits in the same 50 psf ground snow load column as Tewksbury in the Massachusetts building code, and the statewide ice-barrier rule applies here too. Every Methuen roof we install gets ice-and-water shield at the eaves and sealed flashing, the same as a roof in our own town.

We work out of Tewksbury and cover Methuen along with the towns around us:

• Tewksbury (HQ)
• Billerica
• Wilmington
• Andover
• North Andover
• Chelmsford
• Lowell
• Dracut
• Reading
• North Reading
• Burlington
• Methuen